Enclosure in Mullaghcor, County Sligo

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What is recorded here

In tillage, at the base of a drumlin. An oval enclosure (40m NE-SW; 30m NW-SE) is visible in an aerial photograph (IASAP, 3033244/5) as a differential growth pattern which is poorly defined along the NW arc. It is not visible at ground level.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL033-150

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Deirge O'Dhaoinebeaga, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Jon Sullivan, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Eamonn McMunn / Sligo GAA (credit printed on photograph), www.sligogaa.ie
Eastern Harps GAA Club; individual photographer not named, www.easternharps.com

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